Track Your Distance Through a Bicycle Odometer

Just like cars that measures the distance it can travel, you can also do it with your bicycles. We usually keep track of our mileage to see how far our strength can go but would it be of great use if we track it because we are maintaining a workout everyday considering the calories we are burning.

If you want to make your own odometer, you will need a micro controller that generates pulse and a MOSFET that converts those voltage pulses. Just remember to check your batteries all the time.
The best way of burning calories is to move those muscles everyday! Set your bikes and your odometer! Burn fats!

 

 

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Automatic Bicycle Light

T his  automatic  bicycle  light  makes cycling in the dark much  easier (although you still need  to pedal of course). The circuit  takes  the  ambient  light  level  into account and only turns on  the light when it becomes dark.  The light is turned off when no  cycling has taken place for over  a minute or if it becomes light  again. The biggest advantage of  this circuit is that it has no manual controls. This way you can  never ‘forget’ to turn the light  on or off. This makes it ideal for  children and those of a forgetful  disposition.

Bicycle Light Image :

To detect when the bicycle is  used (in other words, when the  wheels turn), the circuit uses a  reed switch (S1), mounted on  the frame close to the wheel.  A small magnet is fixed to the  spokes (similar to that used with  most  bicycle  speedometers),  which  closes  the  reed  switch  once for every revolution of the  wheel. Whilst the wheel turns,  pulses are fed to the base of T1  via C1. This charges a small electrolytic capacitor (C2). When it is  dark enough and the LDR there-fore has a high resistance, T2  starts conducting and the lamp  is turned on. With every revolution of the wheel C2 is charged  up again. The charge in C2 ensures that T2  keeps conducting for about a minute after  the wheel stops turning. Almost any type of  light can be connected to the output of the  circuit.

Circuit diagram :

Automatic Bicycle Light Circuit Diagram

Part List :

Resistors
R1 = 1MΩ (SMD 0805)
R2,R4 = 100kΩ (SMD 0805)
R3,R6 = 1kΩ (SMD 0805)
R5 = LDR e.g. FW150 Conrad Electronics # 183547
Capacitors
C1 = 1µF 16V (SMD 0805)
C2 = 10µF 16V (SMD chip type)
C3 = 100nF (SMD 0805)
Semiconductors
T1 = BC807 (SMD SOT23)
T2 = STS6NF20V (SMD SO8)
Miscellaneous
S1 = reed switch (not on board) +
2-way right angle pinheader
BT1 = 3–12V (see text)

With a supply voltage of 3V the quiescent  current when the reed switch is open is just  0.14 μA. When the magnet happens to be in  a position such that S1 is closed,  the current is 3 μA. In either case  there is no problem using batteries to supply the circuit. The  supply voltage can be anywhere  from 3 to 12 V, depending on the  type of lamp that is connected. Since it is likely that the circuit  will be mounted inside a bicycle light it is important to keep  an eye on its dimensions. The  board has therefore been kept  very compact and use has been made of SMD components. Most  of them come in an 0805 pack-age.  C2 comes in a so called  chip version. The board is single sided with the top also acting as the solder side.

The print outline for the LDR (R5)  isn’t exactly the same as that of  the  outline  of  the  LDR  mentioned  in  the  component  list.  The outline is more a general one  because there is quite a variety  of different LDR packages on the  market. It is therefore possible  to use another type of LDR, if for  example the light threshold isn’t  quite right. The LDR may also be  mounted on the other side of the  board, but that depends on how  the board is mounted inside the  light. For the MOSFET there are also many alternatives available, such as the FDS6064N3 made  by   Fairchild ,  the  SI4864 DY  made by  Vishay Siliconix , the IR F74 0 4 made by IR F or the NTMS 4N01R 2G  made by ONSEMI. The reed switch also  comes in many different shapes and sizes; some of them are even waterproof and come with the wires already attached.

For the supply connection and  the connection to the lamp you  can either use PCB pins or solder the wires directly onto the  board. The soldered ends of the  pins can be shortened slightly so that they  don’t stick out from the bottom of the board.  This reduces the chance of shorts with any metal parts of the light. Do take care when you use a dynamo  to  power the circuit the alternating voltage must first be rectified! The same applies to  hub dynamos, which often also output an  alternating voltage.

Please Note. Bicycle lighting is subject to legal restrictions, traffic laws and, additionally in  some countries, type approval.

Download : 090102-1 PCB layout (.pdf), from www.elektor.com

Author : Ludwig Libertin (Austria) – Copyright : Elektor

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Cheap Bicycle Alarm Schematics Circuit

The writer needed an extraordinarily low cost and simple alarm for some of hellos possessions, one of theses hellos electrically assisted bicycle. This alarm is in accordance with a low-cost window alarm, which has a time-switch delivered to it with a 1-minute time-out. The output  pulse of the 555 substitutes the reed change in the window alarm. The 555 is brought about through a sensor mounted near the entrance  wheel, in combination with a magnet that's mounted on the spokes. This sensor and the magnet have been taken from an affordable bicycle laptop. 

Circuit diagram :

Cheap Bicycle Alarm Circuit Diagram

The entrance wheel of the bicycle is stored unlocked, so that the reed  change closes momentarily when the wheel flips. This  set offs the 555, which in turn prompts the window alarm. The circuit around the 555 takes very little present and can  be powered by means of the batteries in the window alarm.  There  is just sufficient room  left inside the enclosure of the window  alarm to mount the time-switch inside of it. 

The result is a very low-cost, compact device, with handiest a single cable going to the reed swap on the front wheel. And the noise this factor produces is solely unbelievable! After about one minute the noise stops and the alarm goes again into standby mode. The bicycle alarm should be established in an not noticeable place, this type ofs underneath the saddle, inside of a (large) entrance light, in the battery compartment, etc.

Hopefully the alarm scares any attainable thief away, or at least it makes other individuals of the common public aware that one thing isnt moderately proper. 

Caution. The installation and use of this circuit could also be subject to prison restrictions for your country, state or area.

Author : Gerard Seuren

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